Udupi : After Koti Chennaya, Rani Abbakka now Puttige seer Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji has demanded to name Mangaluru International Airport after Jagadguru Madhvacharya.

Jagadguru Sri Madhvacharya is regarded as Vishwa Guru and he has established mutts in Udupi and Sringeri. It would be ideal to name Mangaluru International Airport after Sri Madhvacharya, he opined.

He also said,  there is an airport in Ayodhya named after Lord Shri Ram, South India is recognized as being home to several acharyas and gurus and to name an airport in South India after Sri Madhvacharya will serve as a homage to him.

Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji also asked the concerned officials to look into the matter and take required steps.

It would be the right choice to name the other airports also by the names of other spiritual leaders like Sri Ramanujacharya, Basavanna and others. Post the corona pandemic the world needs more and more spiritual movements. The government should also give more importance to spiritual things,” he opined.